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Originally Posted by MathGeek
The Bill of Rights is not surrendered anytime a citizen participates in a privilege.
Most good attorneys will advise to never consent to a voluntary search, and I follow that advice. Of course, they also advise not to attempt to prevent a law enforcement officer from conducting a search, even if it appears to be illegal, and I follow that advice too.
I won't be opening the ice chest for them, but I won't prevent them from boarding the boat and opening it themselves if they feel they must. But I'll politely make it clear that I have not consented to the search.
I know some very good lawyers who would love to sue law enforcement who feels intent on taking retributive actions for the above approach.
Taking retributive actions against a citizen (giving him a "very long bad day") who politely declines a search request is a good way to end a law enforcement career and make the agency responsible for awards in the 6-7 figure range.
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But yet you are not going to stop them from looking in your ice chest....all this big talk for nothing....PFTTT.....
that is what is wrong with America...I can see it now on Fox New..LC man hires the cockran law firm for having his ice chest checked by the GW...
